Acadia Realty Trust Announces $0.18 Per Share Quarterly Dividend
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The declaration of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.18 per common share by Acadia Realty Trust (AKR) is a tangible return on investment for shareholders and serves as a signal of the company's current financial health. Dividends are often viewed as a reflection of a company's confidence in its ongoing cash flow and profitability. The consistency and growth of dividend payouts can be indicative of a company's stability and maturity.
Investors typically look at dividend yield, which is the dividend per share divided by the share price, to assess the attractiveness of the dividend in relation to the company's stock price. In the case of Acadia, the yield would be compared against industry benchmarks and historical payouts to gauge performance. It's also important to consider the payout ratio, or the portion of earnings paid out as dividends, to evaluate whether the dividends are sustainable in the long term without compromising the company's growth prospects.
From a market perspective, Acadia's dividend declaration can influence investor sentiment and stock market performance. Dividends are a component of total shareholder return, alongside capital gains and they can make a stock more attractive to income-focused investors, particularly in a low-interest-rate environment. The announcement may also lead to a reassessment of Acadia's stock by analysts and investors, potentially affecting its market valuation.
Moreover, the timing of the dividend announcement and payment can be strategically important. By setting the record date before the end of the quarter, Acadia ensures that investors looking to receive the dividend must hold the stock prior to that date, which can sometimes lead to a short-term increase in stock demand. This can have implications for the stock's liquidity and volatility around the ex-dividend date.
As a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), Acadia is subject to specific regulatory requirements, including the need to distribute at least 90% of its taxable income to shareholders in the form of dividends. This distribution requirement is essential for the company to maintain its REIT status and the associated tax benefits. Therefore, the announcement of the dividend is not only a sign of financial health but also a compliance measure.
Investors in REITs like Acadia often expect high dividend yields due to the income-generating nature of real estate assets and the mandatory distribution of income. The size and frequency of the dividend can be an indicator of how well the REIT's portfolio of properties is performing, including factors like occupancy rates, rental income stability and the effectiveness of property management. These operational factors are crucial for maintaining and potentially increasing dividend payouts in the future.
About Acadia
Acadia Realty Trust is an equity real estate investment trust (“REIT”) focused on delivering long-term, profitable growth via its dual – Core Portfolio and Fund – operating platforms and its disciplined, location-driven investment strategy. Acadia Realty Trust is accomplishing this goal by building a best-in-class core real estate portfolio with meaningful concentrations of assets in the nation’s most dynamic corridors; making profitable opportunistic and value-add investments through its series of discretionary, institutional funds; and maintaining a strong balance sheet. For further information, please visit www.acadiarealty.com.
The Company uses, and intends to use, the Investors page of its website, which can be found at www.acadiarealty.com/investors, as a means of disclosing material nonpublic information and of complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD, including, without limitation, through the posting of investor presentations and certain portfolio updates that may include material nonpublic information. Accordingly, investors should monitor the Investors page, in addition to following the Company’s press releases, SEC filings, public conference calls, presentations and webcasts. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, the website is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this document.
Safe Harbor Statement
Certain statements in this press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe the Company's future plans, strategies and expectations are generally identifiable by the use of words, such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “intend” or “project,” or the negative thereof, or other variations thereon or comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the Company's actual results and financial performance to be materially different from future results and financial performance expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to: (i) macroeconomic conditions, including due to geopolitical conditions and instability, which may lead to a disruption of or lack of access to the capital markets, disruptions and instability in the banking and financial services industries and rising inflation; (ii) the Company’s success in implementing its business strategy and its ability to identify, underwrite, finance, consummate and integrate diversifying acquisitions and investments; (iii) changes in general economic conditions or economic conditions in the markets in which the Company may, from time to time, compete, and their effect on the Company’s revenues, earnings and funding sources; (iv) increases in the Company’s borrowing costs as a result of rising inflation, changes in interest rates and other factors, including the discontinuation of the USD London Interbank Offered Rate, which was effected on June 30, 2023; (v) the Company’s ability to pay down, refinance, restructure or extend its indebtedness as it becomes due; (vi) the Company’s investments in joint ventures and unconsolidated entities, including its lack of sole decision-making authority and its reliance on its joint venture partners’ financial condition; (vii) the Company’s ability to obtain the financial results expected from its development and redevelopment projects; (viii) the ability and willingness of the Company’s tenants to renew their leases with the Company upon expiration, the Company’s ability to re-lease its properties on the same or better terms in the event of nonrenewal or in the event the Company exercises its right to replace an existing tenant, and obligations the Company may incur in connection with the replacement of an existing tenant; (ix) the Company’s potential liability for environmental matters; (x) damage to the Company’s properties from catastrophic weather and other natural events, and the physical effects of climate change; (xi) the economic, political and social impact of, and uncertainty surrounding, any public health crisis, such as the COVID-19 Pandemic, which adversely affected the Company and its tenants’ business, financial condition, results of operations and liquidity; (xii) uninsured losses; (xiii) the Company’s ability and willingness to maintain its qualification as a REIT in light of economic, market, legal, tax and other considerations; (xiv) information technology security breaches, including increased cybersecurity risks relating to the use of remote technology; (xv) the loss of key executives; and (xvi) the accuracy of the Company’s methodologies and estimates regarding environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) metrics, goals and targets, tenant willingness and ability to collaborate towards reporting ESG metrics and meeting ESG goals and targets, and the impact of governmental regulation on its ESG efforts.
The factors described above are not exhaustive and additional factors could adversely affect the Company’s future results and financial performance, including the risk factors discussed under the section captioned “Risk Factors” in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other periodic or current reports the Company files with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date hereof. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any changes in the Company’s expectations with regard thereto or changes in the events, conditions or circumstances on which such forward-looking statements are based.
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Jennifer Han
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Source: Acadia Realty Trust
